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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does M'Vy tell Tree Ken loved?

2. What else does Tree realize in the vision?

3. What does M'Vy apologize to Tree for?

4. What is Tree's nightmare?

5. Who is driving with Brother Rush?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tree get upset when M'Vy says that it is time to go out?

2. What happens when M'Vy follows Tree into the little room?

3. What does Tree learn from M'Vy about Dab's condition?

4. What is Tree's nightmare?

5. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

6. What is Tree and M'Vy's relationship like, at the end of the book?

7. What does M'Vy tell Tree about her brothers and Dab?

8. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

9. What happens that Dab gets taken to the hospital?

10. Describe Tree's relationship with Silversmith.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Miss Pricherd and M'Vy. How are they similar? How are they different? Which one is a better mother figure for Tree? What are the advantages and disadvantages of either one, as a mother?

Essay Topic 2

Why are M'Vy and Tree able to reconcile at the end of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? What has changed that allows their relationship to go into the future?

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? For what purposes would you recommend "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush", and what kinds of readers would you not recommend it for? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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